Passenger dies after small plane crashes onto beach in Queensland – as the pilot is rushed to hospital in a critical condition
- Plane crashed upside down on the sand at a remote beach in Queensland
- The passenger has reportedly been killed and the pilot critically injured
- Rescue workers had to battle a rising high tide as they tried to free the pair
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A passenger has died and the pilot has suffered critical injuries after a light plane carrying two people has crashed on a remote beach north in Queensland.
Paramedics are on the scene and a rescue helicopter was dispatched following the crash just after 8am at Ball Bay, about 50km north of Mackay.
The passenger is reported to have died and the plane’s pilot was airlifted to Mackay base Hospital with head injuries by RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter service.
A passenger has died and the pilot has suffered critical injuries after a light plane carrying two people has crashed on a remote beach north in Queensland (pictured)
The passenger is reported to have died and the plane’s pilot was airlifted to Mackay base Hospital with head injuries by RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter service (pictured)
Police, fire and emergency services were also on scene as they fought to rescue the pair from the wreckage before the rising tide swept away the over-turned plane.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau has now launched an investigation.
The incident follows the death of four people in a light plane crash north of Brisbane less than a week ago.
More to come.
